Obama rips senators who blocked gun background check legislation

12:18 AM,
Apr. 18, 2013

Written by

Gregory Korte
and Catalina Camia

An angry President Barack Obama criticized a Senate minority that helped defeat a proposal to expand background checks on gun purchases Wednesday.

"It all came down to politics," Obama said in the Rose Garden. "All in all, this was a pretty shameful day for Washington."

Obama was flanked by the family of Daniel Barden, who was among the 20 children and six adults killed Dec. 14 in a gun massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. Also with Obama: former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was shot in the head during an assassination attempt in 2011. ...